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ZAppLink is a free plug-in that extends and enhances ZBrush***8217;s texturing and illustration capabilities by automating the connection with programs such as Photoshop, Painter, or Illustrator.

ZAppLink works with click-button ease and continues Pixologic***8217;s commitment to providing innovative tools to support next generation artists forging the work of tomorrow.

Modeler and texture artist, Caroline Delen, says, ***8220;The ZAppLink is an excellent addition making it possible to project photographic reference or any painting directly onto your ZBrush viewport through Photoshop and has definitely become an important part of my workflow.***8221;

Leigh van der Byl, Texture Artist at Cafe FX, says "ZAppLink is a fantastic feature that has helped to make my Photoshop/Zbrush texturing workflow more efficient and intuitive. It's a must-have tool. Pixologic is taking what is often an unintuitive, bothersome process and making it more accessible to artists who just want to get straight to the creative parts of texturing."

Zapplink needs an update to work with 4r4

ZAppLink problem

hi,when i import the texture from photoshop to Zbrush via ZAppLink,it shows a dialogue box that says New Layer,Delete Layer,Layer with blend alpha,i click any one option then it shows "pick" dialogue box,when i click the pick button the texture is not on the object.(face).
When i do simple brush stocks with in the face(not outside of the face) in photoshop it gives best results in Zbrush.
what is the problem?can any 1 guys help me.
am texturing a face just shown in youtube videos.
thx

ZAppLink doesn't pick up changes

ZAppLink sends projection to PhotoShop (CC x64), I tweak it, save and re-enter ZBrush. I see my changes in "preview" mode, but after some flickering (presumably process of applying my changes to existing polypainted stuff) changes disappear and tool looks exactly like it was before.

I only found very old thread with similar issues and those were caused by misplaced files.
To verify, I have ZAppLink_4R6.zsc and ZAppLinkData_4.0 inside \Pixologic\ZBrush 4R6\ZStartup\ZPlugs folder.

What material have you selected? ZAppLink will not work with the Flat Color material applied to the model. Also, sometimes surface noise (applied through the Tool>Surface sub-palette) will hide the polypaint.

If that doesn't help then perhaps you can upload your ZBrush project to Dropbox or www.wetransfer.com so that I can take a look and try to find what is wrong.

You can assign a hotkey to the ZAppLink button. Also, the dialog boxes in ZBrush can generally be dispelled by pressing Enter (or Esc to cancel). In Photoshop also, you can press Ctrl+S to save the file or Enter to update.

Thanks Marcus. One day if I get time, I'll try some Windows Macro apps, see if I can do this with one button on either side of the process. Granted hotkey, enter, enter is faster, but I'd like it easier and faster. Will report back here one day.
Steve